Chapter 5 Li Zicheng
Yang Qing stuffed a large bag of medicinal materials into his arms, looked carefully at both sides like an underground party in the movie, then waved his hand back and walked towards the street with the eunuch who led the way.
Princess Kunxing's injuries must be treated.
Originally, after her arm was cut off in history, she was rescued by the palace maid. Soon, Li Zicheng entered the palace and then specially ordered her to be sent to her grandfather, Zhou Kui's family, so that she could temporarily save her life.
But it's different now.
Even if they escaped from Beijing successfully, they would inevitably escape the trouble of escaping. You should know that within a few hundred miles of Beijing, there are Shunjun controlled areas. Although Yang Qing said he was going to Tianjin, this is just a saying. First of all, Tongzhou will surrender today, so they couldn't get through the first stop in Tianjin. What's more, Tianjin also surrendered soon. In addition to Wu Sangui, the Ming army was the only one in Linqing. Liu Zeqing was soon defeated to Huai'an, so it was a difficult road to escape.
If she doesn't deal with it well, she may die on the road if she can't go far.
Wearing an old straight body and a torn square scarf on his head, Yang Qing, who looked like a poor scholar, walked in the capital in the wind and snow. Because Shunjun forced the shops to open normally, there were still many pedestrians on the street. After all, no matter whether the dynasty changes or not, everyone's life will always be passed. Then when the alien iron hooves trampled on them two months later, they will continue to live like this, and when the colonists arrive three hundred years later, they will continue to do this, and when the Japanese invaders come, they will still do this.
"This is the common people."
Yang Qing sighed.
At this moment, a hurried sound of horse hooves came from behind him, and he and the eunuch who were dressed in the same manner hurriedly hid aside.
"Receive the driver, please take the driver quickly!"
Several Shun army cavalry galloped past, shouting and waving their whip. Wherever they passed, they stopped quickly and knelt or bowed tremblingly.
Yang Qing exchanged gazes with the eunuch.
After they immediately squeezed into a crowd, before they could bow, an official in the courtyard gate looked like a paper-paste flag of the emperor Dashun for thousands of years. There were also servants carrying incense tables and wine and meat, placing them beside the street. Then the official knelt down with a solemn expression on the back with a solemn look on his face.
Yang Qing and the others moved to them in a sympathetic manner and knelt down.
At this time, Li Zicheng was already visible from afar.
The King of Chuang was wearing a felt hat, a black horse, and followed by a large number of cavalrymen in full armor. In addition, there were two people wearing civil servants, including Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance.
The King of Chuang, who had just reached the peak of his life, was in good spirits and nodded from time to time to time with a smile on his face. Then the officials and gentry who surrendered immediately began to praise him. Even the wind and snow could not stop their enthusiasm for the King of Chuang. I guess if this scene was seen by Chongzhen, his face would be even darker.
However, Li Zicheng did not treat them very well.
The King of Chuang walked straight through the streets in the mud caused by frozen rain and snow.
This is Deshengmen Street. He had to go west from here to around the imperial city and enter the imperial city from the main gate Daming Gate. It is said that he was still shooting at the plaques of Xichang'an Gate and Chengtian Gate but did not hit the center, but was slightly off. Niu Jinxing praised this as a sign that at least the world was divided.
Then Li Zicheng was quite happy.
However, this is just what Ji Liuqi said. It is right to say that Li Zicheng shot Chengtianmen, but he shot Western Chang'anmen for no reason. He entered the imperial city from the Daming Gate, not from the Western Chang'anmen. There is no reason not to go to the main gate and side gate. Therefore, this matter can only be seen as a rumor in history. After all, Ji Liuqi has never seen it in Beijing with his own eyes. His Ming Ji Beiluo himself was compiled based on the retelling of others.
Yang Qing lay behind the crowd and looked at Li Zicheng with some emotion.
This is also a hero for life!
In more than ten years, he started with a bandit, and was rampant in most of China, causing chaos in the world, and even directly attacked the capital and forced the emperor to hang himself. This was considered a grand and vigorous. This person cannot be said to be a good man. He was definitely not a great ming family, but he was not a pure bandit. He started his business in hunger and cold, so he wanted to really solve some problems, but in the end he was limited in ability to destroy the old era but not able to establish a new era. He made the alien invaders who were peeping outside for nothing, causing the land of China to fall into a dark age of three hundred years, and has been left to the modern era.
Of course, he cannot be said to be guilty.
The guilty ones are the guys who make them hungry, and these are the real sinners.
Their greed made the Ming Dynasty starve everywhere.
Don’t talk about small glaciers. Small glaciers affect the north, and in the south, Taihu Lake has a little thin ice in winter. Sichuan, Jianghan Plain and the Yangtze River Delta are not affected. Although the grain planting area in Jiangnan has been greatly reduced due to the developed textile industry, don’t forget that sweet potatoes have been planted in Guangdong and Fujian at this time, and there will definitely be no surplus grain in this area.
Even the northern gentry had it.
If they were willing to take out money and food to help the victims, they would never force the people to rebel.
This question was raised by an official in the early 17th year of Chongzhen.
"The rich people today are all those who absorb the marrow of the people. They usually win the odds and win the people to fool the people and support their own profits. When they are in trouble, they want the poor people to do their best to protect each other. There is no reason. The rich people of Qin were the world, and the thieves destroyed the Xi'an treasury and were all used to invest in the thieves. If they take a lot of things from the people on weekdays and give more rewards to the people, they may not be able to do so. I also heard that Laiyang was destroyed by the destruction of the Dongmen village, Zhang Hongde, and the thieves retreated. They chased the villagers and rewarded them. They beat them up and were embarrassed. The family attacked the whole city and suffered disaster. The enemy ordered Hongde to point out their own hiding, and obtained millions of gold, and then the door was killed. The rich people today should learn from them, borrow the method of equal land, and let the rich donate a little to help the poor, which is also a strategy to save the people and relieve the chaos."
This is a memorial from the Military Affairs Officer in the early 17th year of Chongzhen.
Similarly, if it weren't for those corrupt officials who had a large-scale annexation of land and even forced the core military households of the Ming army to become rural nu, the army would not have been corrupted to the point where it was impossible to destroy Jiannu. It would not have been so troublesome for the army to defeat Jiannu. They brought the Ming army in the Zhu Yuanzhang era and even when the military household system in the Zhu Laosi era was not corrupt, and they would still use spear formations to overturn the wild boar skin.
The shield chariot is heavy infringement.
Similarly, if the gentry from the north would rather lead foreign races into the pass than accept Li Zicheng, there would not be a battle at Shanhaiguan, nor would they have been accomplices for the tiger to sweep the world. In the end, the rebellious peasant army became the defenders of the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty was destroyed by the gentry.
Not hungry people.
The former is the cause, and Li Zicheng is just an inevitable result.
Without Li Zicheng, others would have come to break through Beijing.
While Yang Qing was feeling, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in his sight. In the crowd across the street, the Jinyiwei who was originally with him and then escaped first, was now looking at him in confusion...
Yang Qing suddenly had an ominous premonition.
Almost at the same time, the guy rushed out of the crowd and knelt on the street. The two leading cavalry immediately shouted and picked up their spears.
"King of Breaking, someone wants to assassinate the King!"
The guy screamed.
The two cavalrymen immediately took the war horses.
At the same time, a general behind Li Zicheng urged him to go forward, and there was chaos on both sides of the street. However, Li Zicheng was just stationed there, watching calmly, and the cavalry around quickly protected him.
The general soon arrived ahead and immediately turned his attention to Yang Qing under the guidance of the Jinyiwei.
Yang Qing looked at him with a sad face.
"Ha, it depends on where you run this time!"
The general who was shot back by him in front of Zhengyang Gate said happily.
"Uh, we're meeting again."
Yang Qing stood up and said helplessly.
Almost as he said this, he grabbed the official next to him who was greeting the King of Chuang. The latter was indeed unlucky and was waiting to be loyal to the King of Chuang. Unexpectedly, he was hiding from the assassin behind him. He was about to escape from this place of trouble, but Yang Qing grabbed his belt and then threw it forward. The general stretched his spear in his hand and instantly passed through the old guy's chest, roaring and swaying to the side. The official screamed and fell down, but while throwing the person out, Yang Qing crashed into the courtyard gate behind him. The general waved his spear, and dozens of cavalry immediately rushed in on the back of the horse and climbed over the wall. While they landed, Yang Qing stepped onto the roof several times.
However, Yang Qing made a mistake.
He had just arrived at the roof and had not yet stood firm. More than a dozen sharp arrows flew almost at the same time. He hurriedly threw forward but rolled down the roof. Before he could stand up a geese-feathered knife, it reached his ears. He rolled to the side without any delay. While the knife was slashing the ground, he picked up a pot of cold plums and stood up to push it out.
The second knife fell immediately, cutting the petals scattered and the pot was crushed.
But he also won him a chance.
Just as the red petals were in the fall of the red petal, he grabbed the general's hand holding the knife with his right hand. The left shoulder hit his chest as he pulled it back. The general was hit hard and then leaned back. Yang Qing's right hand slid back and pushed the knife into his hand. The knife came into his hand. But at this moment, two other soldiers rushed to the two Yanling swords at the same time. Yang Qing, who held the knife in the back, pushed it away. The general took the opportunity to stand firm and took the spear handed over by his subordinates, and stabbed Yang Qing directly in front of his chest without hesitation. However, Yang Qing twisted his body like a ghost, almost pressing his gun into his arms. The next moment, the Yanling sword pressed steadily on his neck.
"Good skills!"
Li Zicheng's applause rang in front of the door.
"General, offended!"
Yang Qing handed the handle of the knife to the general in a barely manner.
The latter was actually about the same age as him, and was a young hero. He was also a cheerful person. He took the hilt and smiled and sheathed. However, the soldiers around him were still vigilant. Li Zicheng waved his hand to signal them to retreat. Of course, the only ones who were holding the knife retreated. A group of soldiers carrying coercion guns behind him had the guns on the fuse but the fuse was not destroyed.
"I forgive you for being innocent!"
He then said to Yang Qing.
"Liar Yang Qing pays homage to Your Majesty!"
Yang Qing quickly went downstairs and bowed down.
"Will you follow me?"
Li Zicheng said very simply.
"Uh, I don't want to do it now."
Yang Qing also said it straightforwardly.
“Why?”
Li Zicheng said with a constant face.
"Although the villain is just a captain of the Jinyiwei, he will eventually be able to eat the salary of the Ming Dynasty. Although he is lucky to be favored by His Majesty at this time and avoid the crime of the villain, the old king is not sure about his life and death, so how could he bear the Lord's pursuit of wealth? If the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is lucky and his Majesty is not dead, his Majesty will treat him well, and he will swear to follow His Majesty to the death."
Yang Qing said.
He didn't have time to talk nonsense to Li Zicheng. The most important thing now is to go back and treat Princess Kunxing's injuries as soon as possible.
"You are a loyal and righteous man, much better than those ministers and ministers. With your ability and loyalty, you are just a captain in the Jinyi. Chongzhen is indeed not wronged. Well, then you can wait in this capital, come and send him home, send someone to protect him, and no one can harass him!"
Li Zicheng said.
"Thank you for your accomplishment!"
Yang Qing said quickly.
Li Zicheng didn't say anything anymore and turned around and left the courtyard.
The young general, his nephew Li Laiheng, looked at Yang Qing with a smile.
Yang Qing also looked at him with a smile...
"Please, Brother Yang!"
Chapter completed!